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Update on Purchase of Service Credit Litigation

Date: Jun 17, 2016 Categories: Litigation, Purchase of Service (PSC)

In March 2016, the Court of Appeal affirmed the Superior Court’s rulings in favor of SDCERS with one exception related to Safety Members in the Lenhart action. Except for the Lenhart plaintiffs, the plaintiffs appealed the Court of Appeal’s ruling against them to the California Supreme Court. In mid-June, the Supreme Court denied review of the Court of Appeal’s ruling, which effectively ends the litigation of the appealed cases. Learn More...

Judge Rules in Favor of SDCERS in Purchase of Service Litigation

Date: Jun 20, 2014 Categories: Litigation, Press Release, Purchase of Service (PSC)

Judge Prager has granted SDCERS’ Motion for Summary Judgment in the Purchase of Service (PSC) Corrections Litigation. The PSC Corrections litigation involves nine lawsuits filed by City and Airport employees with PSC contracts affected by a 2010 Court of Appeal decision relating to underpricing of purchase of service contracts for “air time.” Learn More...

Update on Affected PSC Contracts of Active Members "Trapped in DROP"

Date: Apr 12, 2011 Categories: DROP, Litigation, Purchase of Service (PSC)

The City Attorney’s office initially assured SDCERS it would not object to SDCERS’ request of the court for a clarification order exempting from correction affected PSC contracts of those Members in DROP before November 20, 2007.On Monday, April 11, however, the City Attorney’s office instead filed with the court an opposition to SDCERS’ request (see PDF of Opposition, at the bottom of this page). Learn More...

Hearing Date Set For Decision Regarding Active DROP Members with Affected PSC Contracts

Date: Mar 22, 2011 Categories: Litigation, Purchase of Service (PSC)

A hearing has been set for April 22, 2011, regarding the matter of certain Active DROP Members with affected Purchase of Service Credit (PSC) contracts, related to the PSC Correction process. Learn More...

Ad Hoc PSC Correction Committee Update

Date: Sep 17, 2010 Categories: Purchase of Service (PSC)

The PSC Correction Ad Hoc Committee held its second public meeting Thursday, September 16. The committee voted unanimously to approve SDCERS staff's recommendation to adopt a resolution outlining PSC correction options. This resolution will now be presented to the full Board of Administration for final approval at its October 1 meeting. Learn More...

PSC Ad Hoc Committee To Hold Additional Public Meeting

Date: Aug 20, 2010 Categories: Purchase of Service (PSC)

The PSC Correction Ad Hoc Committee will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 9:30 to 11:30 am at the Balboa Park Ballroom. See below for a map, as well as written directions, to the Balboa Park Club Learn More...

Court Ruling on Effective Date of 2005 Benefit Changes

A recent decision by the San Diego Superior Court has ruled that benefit changes made by the City in 2005 – but which were not codified by ordinance into the Municipal Code until 2007 – have a retroactive effective date back to July 1, 2005. (A PDF of the ruling is available at the end of this article) Learn More...

Final Ruling on PSC Litigation

Date: Nov 13, 2008 Categories: Litigation, Purchase of Service (PSC)

The Court issued its final ruling on November 13, 2008. In it, the Court ordered the SDCERS Board to set aside the Board's November, 2007 decision to continue to amortize the PSC funding shortfall through the City's existing unfunded actuarial liability. Learn More...